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Thomas E. Ricks
Pulitzer Prize–Winning Washington Post Journalist and Bestselling Author of Fiasco and The Gamble
Thomas E. Ricks is The Washington Post’s special military correspondent and a member of two Pulitzer Prize–winning teams for national reporting. In addition, he is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a contributing editor at Foreign Policy magazine. He is the author of The Gamble, Fiasco, Making the Corps, and A Soldier’s Duty. Ricks lives in Washington, D.C.
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"What Lessons Should Americans Draw From Iraq War?"
NPR's Talk of the Nation
"Bin Laden: Bush vs. Obama"
MSNBC's The Last Word
"Imagine a Military Run by Gen. Buffett"
Press Democrat
"Military Analyst: ‘The Jig Is Up’ For Pakistan"
WBUR Radio's Here and Now
"What's Next For Obama's Afghan War Strategy?"
NPR
"What Bin Laden's Death Means To The Military"
NPR
Interview with Tom Ricks
NBC's Meet the Press
"Ricks: Time to radically alter the U.S.- Pakistan relationship; why send them billions more?"
CNN's In the Arena Off-Set Blog
"President Obama To Clarify Mission In Libya"
NPR's Talk of the Nation
"U.S. Military Has Questions About Libya Mission"
NPR's Morning Edition
"Ricks: Afghanistan Could Turn Out Better Than Iraq"
NPR's Morning Edition
Review of The Gamble
Los Angeles Times
"The War in Iraq, Second in a Series"
The New York Times
"Politics Collide With Iraq Realities"
The Washington Post
"McCaffrey Paints Gloomy Picture of Iraq"
The Washington Post
Tom Ricks Discusses The Gamble
The Daily Show
Featured Book
The Gamble
"This is contemporary history of a vivid and urgent sort."
—Los Angeles Times
Speaking Topics
- The War in Iraq
- The War in Afghanistan
- The State of the U.S. Military Today
- Rumsfeld’s Pentagon
- The U.S. Military Since 9/11
- What Worries Today’s Generals
- The Military and the Media
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